The parents of this 2-year-old boy fell under the bullets of the assailant during the 4th of July parade in Highland ParkIllinois.
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His parents died Monday in the shooting near Chicago. A kitty launched online to help a two-year-old child exceeded, Thursday, July 8, 2.8 million dollars (2.7 million euros), according to the amount displayed on the site pparticipatory GoFundMe.
Irina and Kevin McCarthy, aged 35 and 37, were attending the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park when they were shot by a sniper on the roof of a business. In the panic, residents collected little Aiden and brought him to safety before launching a search warrant to find his loved ones. He was later picked up by his grandparents, according to authorities who confirmed on Tuesday that both his parents were among the seven people killed.
Robert Crimo, 21, opened fire indiscriminately on the crowd with a semi-automatic rifle, also injuring more than thirty. Arrested on Monday after several hours on the run, he was charged with murder and faces life imprisonment.
More than 52,000 donors participated in the pot. One of them is billionaire philanthropist William Ackman, who donated $18,000 (17,642 euros), according to the site. On the day of the tragedy, he had denounced on his Twitter account the inaction of the authorities in the face of the shootings and on Tuesday he had retweeted a photo of the little boy. “Aiden is going to be cared for by his loving family and he will have a long way to go to heal, find stability and live as an orphan.”wrote the organizer of this kitty, Irini Colon, claiming to have had the approval of the family of the child.